It's more substantive than just making a claim When did anyone say that they wanted to "get rid" of them? Clinton and Bayh and the like simply favor a stricter ratings system.
Currently, the rating system of video games is stricter than movies. If they were actually concerned, they'd be going after movies instead of using a buzz issue.
I'm all for Richardson. I feel he has the most knowledge of international affairs, one of the things Obama lacks the knowledge in, so together they would make a pretty bombtastic duo.
I don't think Obama lacks knowledge in international affairs. I think that that's one of his strong points. His foreign policy is one of the things I agree on.
There is a difference between "stricter" and "more controlled". As it is, there is less money invested in video games and the investor's bottom line than is the rate for movies. From what I've seen from my roomates video game choices there is far more gotten away with in video games than there is in movies, considering the self-imposed regulations that control the movie industry; movies produced by an industry that underwrites the very rating system that dictates it's own rating and standards. I don't know much about video games, other than what I see in the infrequent moments I actually stay on the couch long enough to see what happens in the opening moments. But I highy doubt there is as engrained a system for video games as there is for movies. In either case, I would rather there be no rating system for either. As I have long belevd;it isn't what you hear, it's how loudly you hear it. That has little to do with the parents and everything to do with the child. Violent video games are nothing but a scapegoat. As are violent movies.
Last edited by Devil King on Aug 10th, 2008 at 04:27 AM
Wal-Mart, EB Games, Toys R'Us.
I know you didn't ask me but since your post doesn't make sense being addressed to Strangelove since he said he DIDN"T have to present his ID, I figured I'd answer the question for you.
in a study of major market retailers, researchers have found that games sales are the most strictly enforced form of media (between games movies and music) for ID checks and underage buyers are most often turned away. I think it was something like 30-40% (so not even that good anyways).
So games are most enforced, I feel the most likely reason being the politicization of games and retailers not wanting to be the one that has to defend selling GTA to a minor in court and on CNN.
It's true...absolutely true. I could tell each one of them were "god fearing Christians" doing their best to force their beliefs on others. I DON'T look 16.
Well, if I lived in a place where I was more likely to be carded, it would probably be every damn time. I hear a lot that I look like I'm still in high school.
AO is binding, which is where the great diverge happens. Games have much lowered criteria. In a game, if a topless image is shown it is automatically given an AO rating, which dooms the game. If there's a full sex scene in a movie, they still only get a R rating. Gambling and drugs are more strictly enforced in games also, but that comes down to more where you live.
Video games have the same setup for rating as movie, except with modified requirements for each level.
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When did anyone say that they wanted to "get rid" of them? Clinton and Bayh and the like simply favor a stricter ratings system.
Aug 10th, 2008 01:15 AM
You don't look old, imo.
